---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27-20.4-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to delinquency referrals to juvenile court."
description: "Relating to delinquency referrals to juvenile court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1328"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1328 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79053767-74a1-4433-956f-243ffcc69ced"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ef99094980c0ea299108c2a9c24adb06babbdc76e2aefc9f4b409b9cb504e5ef"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1328 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27-20.4-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to delinquency referrals to juvenile court.

Relating to delinquency referrals to juvenile court.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1107-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1107-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1107-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1328 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1328 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-02-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to House
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79053767-74a1-4433-956f-243ffcc69ced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).